MD​/Market Leader - Chicago

At Colliers it’s not our success that sets us apart, it’s how we achieve it. Our people are passionate, take ownership and always do what’s right for our clients, people and communities.

Why Colliers? Our enterprising environment needs your expertise to facilitate Colliers’ continued growth as an industry leader. Our nimble, decentralized culture can provide you with a wealth of opportunities to learn about our business and quickly gain experience to accelerate your career.

As Market Leader, you will be responsible for the leadership and growth of the broader Chicago market and shall oversee all aspects of Brokerage services.

In this role you will drive new business and the growth of market share in the region.

You will be market and client facing, which includes participating in industry and local community groups/events and establishing and fostering client relationships. Additionally, you have a passion for recruitment, retention, and driving the business forward coupled with long-term succession planning – key areas of focus for this role.

You will serve as an exemplary ambassador of Colliers’ culture, both internally and externally, and will keep engagement of the Chicago offices as a key priority, all while growing the market and positioning Colliers as an employer of choice.

• Build Culture Achieve high team engagement across the business.
• Recruit Actively recruit current and future top performers to grow the office/market strategically. Active involvement in local/regional/national organizations that will help grow the business, increase market identity, and recruit the best in the business. Specify and meet set business recruitment and retention growth targets for each year.
• Drive the business Manage the business for continuous year-over-year growth in revenue, EBITDA, and EBITDA margins under variable business conditions. Lead annual business planning process with clearly stated and measurable goals. Steward company resources to support the growth and development of all brokers while focusing on revenue generating opportunities. Achieve and sustain familiarity with the Colliers platform, including technology, best practices and subject matter experts.
  
  Actively mitigate business risk to minimize exposure to the company. Specify and meet set business recruitment and retention growth targets for each year Identify cross-sell opportunities across other service lines, work with the appropriate stakeholders to secure business. Upskill sales professionals to improve cross-selling across business lines. In conjunction with the Operations Manager, complete the submission of realistic and achievable budgets and forecast to ensure proper business planning.
  
  Fulfill Broker of Record duties in applicable jurisdictions.
• Retention Motivate sales professionals (brokers) in achieving office and individual business goals. Assess team members, addressing gaps and areas of opportunity, planning for succession for key positions across the organization, including sales professionals and staff. Deliver suggestions, feedback, and constructive recommendations to internal and external stakeholders effectively.

Basic / Minimum Education requirement to perform the job: bachelor’s degree.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a real estate leader or related experience within a sales or real estate organization with significant exposure to Commercial Real Estate Brokers (agents).
• Strong critical thinking skills and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong communications and consensus building acumen.
• Possesses the highest level of business ethics with personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the mission of the company.
• Understand market cycles and sets short and long-term…